Nearby Stars, Brown Dwarfs, Exoplanets, & Disks

  • RECONS
  • NStars (NAU)
  • NStars (Appalachian State)
  • N. Reid color-magnitude data
  • NStED
  • Burgasser's T dwarf page
  • Kirkpatrick's Dwarf Archive
  • Extrasolar Planet Encyclopedia
  • exoplanets.org (with Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets)
  • circumstellardisks.org

    Stellar Clusters & Associations

  • WEBDA Open Cluster Database
  • Dias et al. Open Cluster Database
  • IAU Division VII (Galactic System)
  • IAU Commission 37: Star Clusters and Associations

    Binary/Multiple Stars

  • USNO Catalog of Visual Binary Orbits
  • Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS)
  • 9th Catalog of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits (SB9)

    Spectral Types

  • Gray's Digitial Spectral Classification Atlas
  • Keenan MK Spectra Types for Cooler Stars
  • Garrison MK Anchor Points
  • "Fundamental stellar photometry for standards of spectral type on the revised system of the Yerkes spectral atlas ", Johnson & Morgan 1953 (JM53)
  • "A standard stellar spectral sequence in the red/near-infrared - Classes K5 to M9", Kirkpatrick, Henry, McCarthy 1991 (KHM91)
  • "Contemporary optical spectral classification of the OB stars - A digital atlas", Walborn & Fitzpatrick 1990
  • "A Unified Near-Infrared Spectral Classification Scheme for T Dwarfs", Burgasser et al. 2006
  • "Near-Infrared Classification Spectroscopy: H-Band Spectra of Fundamental MK Standards", Meyer et al. 1998
  • Spectral Standards in the Red (UMass)
  • Librerias de espectros estelares (UCM)

    Stellar Evolution & Atmospheres

  • Geneva Stellar Evolution Models
  • Padova Stellar Evolution Tracks and Isochrones
  • Lionel Siess's Tools for Observers
  • Francesca D'Antona's Stellar Evolution Page
  • Lyon atmosphere models
  • Pierre Pergeron's white dwarf cooling models

    Astronomy/Astrophysics Journals & Literature

  • Wolbach Library (CfA)
  • List of Journals
  • ADS
  • Astro-PH Preprint Server
  • Astronomical Journal (AJ)
  • Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
  • Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)
  • MNRAS
  • Publ. of the Astron. Soc. of the Pacific (PASP)
  • Publ. of the Astron. Soc. of Japan (PASJ)
  • Astronomische Nachrichten (AN)

    Astronomical Catalogs/Databases

  • Vizier
  • Vizier new catalogs
  • Vizier most popular catalogs
  • SIMBAD
  • NStED
  • SkyView
  • PanSTARRS
  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey
  • General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS)
  • Asiago Database on Photometric Systems
  • Extinction in Different Bandpasses
  • Schlegel Dust & Reddening Maps
  • Astronomical Almanac - Astronomical Constants

    Astrometry

  • USNO Catalog Information and Recommendations
  • ESA Hipparcos
  • Astrographic Catalogue (AC 2000.2)
  • USNO Flagstaff Finder Chart Service and help (USNO-B1.0 now available)
  • COSMOS Catalog
  • Guide Star Catalog (GSC) 2.0 Catalog
  • Lick Northern Proper Motion (NPM) program
  • USNO CCD Astrometric Catalog (UCAC)
  • Besancon Galaxy Model
  • astrometry.net

    Spitzer Space Telescope

  • Spitzer
  • FEPS
  • GLIMPSE

    Astronomy News

  • Astronomy Magazine
  • space.com
  • Sky & Telescope
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)

    Astronomy Organizations

  • International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  • American Astronomical Society (AAS)
  • AAAP
  • Rochester Academy of Science, Astronomy Section

    Sun

  • Basic Astronomical Data for the Sun (EEM)
  • NOAO Current Solar Data
  • Solar Data Analysis Center @ Goddard
  • Solar X-ray data: GOES Solar X-ray Imager


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